Kaduna State Government has spent N158.1 billion on education in the last five years.
The state had budgeted N225.1 billion for the education sector between 2017 and 2021.
The budget analysis revealed a 70.2 percent performance, according to Kaduna Basic Education Accountability Mechanism (KADBEAM), which conducted the analysis to determine the level of investment in the sector.
This was revealed by the agency in Kaduna on Thursday in an event was supported by Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL), a governance programme of the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
The analysis showed that N64.8 billion was allocated to the education sector in 2017 of which N14.6 billion was spent, representing 22.4 percent.
It also showed that N51.7 billion was budgeted in 2018, with actual spending standing at N23.5 billion, representing 45.5 per cent; N42.4 billion was budgeted in 2019 with eventual expenditure of N32.7 billion representing 77.2 per cent.
In 2020, a total of N66.1 billion was allocated to the sector of which N32 billion was spent, representing 48.5 per cent while in 2021 the sector got N62.1 billion of which N55.2 billion was spent, representing 88.9 per cent.
Mr Martins Dangwa, Chairman, Evidence Technical Working Group, KADBEAM, said that despite the 70 percent budget performance in the last five years, the sector was still faced with infrastructural decay.
Dangwa identified other challenges as noted by the state education policy to include limited qualified teachers in core science subjects, and inefficiency in education data management system.
PERL’s State Partnership Facilitator, Mr Istifanus Akau explained that the trend analysis was conducted to assess the state government commitment in providing quality education services.
The Citizens’ Co-Chair, KADBEAM Mr Tijjani Aliyu, commended that level of partnership and collaboration among critical education stakeholders in the state working to improve the quality of education serviced delivery.
